How Astronomers Make Deep Maps of the Milky Way
Reported by Universe Today
Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it’s so incredibly vast? One of the most powerful tools is something called 21cm radiation. Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, plays a key role here. When t...
- By: Universe Today
- On: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00 +0000
NASA Downgrades the Risk of 2024 YR4 to Below 1%
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NASA astronomers have been continuing to monitor the trajectory of asteroid 2024 YR4. The initial calculations suggested a 1.3% probability of an Earth impact event, which temporarily increased to 3.1% as more data came in. However, and with a sigh of reli...
- By: Universe Today
- On: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:39 +0000
NASA Awards Planetary Defense Space Telescope Launch Services Contract
Reported by NASA
NASA has selected SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, to provide launch services for the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission, which will detect and observe asteroids and comets that could potentially pose an impact threat to Earth. The firm fixed price launch ...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 22:35 +0000
NASA Awards Delivery Order for NOAA’s Space Weather Program
Reported by NASA
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has awarded a delivery order to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. of Boulder, Colorado, to build spacecraft for the Lagrange 1 Series project as a part of NOAA’s Sp...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:32 +0000
Hubble Captures a Cosmic Cloudscape
Reported by NASA
The universe is a dusty place, as this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image featuring swirling clouds of gas and dust near the Tarantula Nebula reveals. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 160,000 light-years away in the constellations D...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:36 +0000
NASA Sets Coverage for Intuitive Machines’ Next Commercial Moon Launch
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Carrying NASA science and technology to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission is targeted to launch no earlier than Wednesday, Feb. 26. The mission w...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:22 +0000